Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most animals react to a short sudden noise by focusing all their senses to find the source . |
| 2 | So how will Bill and his fellow dissidents react to a presidential team who can spell the name of major vegetables ? |
| 3 | A sparse population — about 1,500 — and a dream-like absence of speed boats and motor cars conspire to a remarkable silence and calm . |
| 4 | The decision followed strong reactions by the US administration and the UN to an incident earlier in the day , when Iraq troops had fired shots in the air allegedly to deny UN inspectors access to a nuclear weapons site , which was itself the culmination of a series of such refusals by Iraq . |
| 5 | At about eight-thirty , headlights scallop out the darkness and the brakes squeak to a tired and worked stop . |
| 6 | It can be seen that these two main goals overlap to a considerable extent , but that emphasis for the end-user lies within a subject area and is therefore closely dependent on subject knowledge , whereas emphasis for the intermediary lies on breadth of knowledge — on the coverage and organization of many databases and the operation of a number of processing systems . |
| 7 | There is the unity of the moment : different tactile and proprioceptive sensations amount to a coherent body image ; different visual sensations cohere to a visual field ; and sensations from different modalities converge to a general sensory field , an organized moment-by-moment presence of a world , so that the feeling in my hand as I hold a stone , the sight of the sea and the sound of the seagull behind me are all not merely present but co-present . |
| 8 | And it legitimately widens the scope of who can count as an academic peer : no longer can peer review amount to a cosy chat among academics sharing but not exposing taken-for-granted assumptions . |
| 9 | In fact , so many animals respond to a lunar cycle that people have wondered whether the ancients were right to associate the moon with human fertility . |
| 10 | Although para 8(a) of FRS1 refers to ss 248 and 249 CA 1985 , it does not go far enough to state properly whether the exemption does in effect apply to a small group . |
| 11 | The people who are losing their homes belong to a settled community with centuries-old traditions . |
| 12 | In fact , such images do to a large extent reflect both the climatic and the historical reality of Siberia . |
| 13 | That is , children at this age seem to make two further assumptions : ( i ) all labels belong to a single level , and ( ii ) they do not overlap . |
| 14 | The judge directed that the applicant submit to a full medical examination by the consultant forensic psychiatrist instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service and make himself available for examination by a second medical practitioner . |
| 15 | The officers in the department contribute to a wide range of reports . |
| 16 | There is the unity of the moment : different tactile and proprioceptive sensations amount to a coherent body image ; different visual sensations cohere to a visual field ; and sensations from different modalities converge to a general sensory field , an organized moment-by-moment presence of a world , so that the feeling in my hand as I hold a stone , the sight of the sea and the sound of the seagull behind me are all not merely present but co-present . |
| 17 | Scotch if you 've got it — or are you waving the emerald flag for the benefit of certain up-and:coming Irish politicians of the lineage of the closest thing we in the States have to a royal family ? ’ |
| 18 | The scenes in solitary are especially well depicted , as the prisoners react to a shrill whistle when it is feeding time , but Schaffner 's tone , like McQueen 's personality , lacks the austerity needed for such a subject . |
| 19 | Last year , the Booker foods group sold its Healthcrafts range to a Danish company called Ferrosan . |
| 20 | There is the unity of the moment : different tactile and proprioceptive sensations amount to a coherent body image ; different visual sensations cohere to a visual field ; and sensations from different modalities converge to a general sensory field , an organized moment-by-moment presence of a world , so that the feeling in my hand as I hold a stone , the sight of the sea and the sound of the seagull behind me are all not merely present but co-present . |
| 21 | We propose that in the knee-elbow position , mobile bowel loops shift to a dependent position , while the rectum remains uppermost . |
| 22 | In what I say here I may well not be followed in every respect by one or another scholar , and there are matters open to a different interpretation . |
| 23 | Before most aspirants get to a parliamentary selection board , they are vetted by one of the party 's full-time professionals , who submits a secret report . |
| 24 | Data from other countries point to a similar penalty on childbearing . |
| 25 | The conceits point to a monstrous self-perversion , the forfeiting of integrity and the living out of a lie at which , moreover , his mind or heart knowingly connives . |
| 26 | In one case , the MoD expressed a desire that the airframe in question go to a good home . |
| 27 | It is comparatively easy to make a machine respond to a simple sound ; such as is needed to enter numbers on a spreadsheet . |
| 28 | West Indians belong to a single post-colonial culture ; mainly black , emphatically multiracial , with politics that are on the whole admirably democratic ( the big exception , Guyana , has the worst economy too ) . |
| 29 | The friends of the Queen belong to a small coterie of aristocrats , the children are educated exclusively ( one of the reasons Gordonstoun seemed a good bet was because , unlike metropolitan Eton , it was miles away in rural Scotland ) , and all are limited to a narrow circle of suitable acquaintances . |
| 30 | On some varieties green fruits ripen to a deep glowing red |